Stadiums and Open Spaces

Ensuring a positive visitor experience and protecting tens of thousands of people in and around your venue is not easy. You have to be ready for anything, at a moment’s notice. That’s why we are committed to delivering the tools that make your job easier. Rely on Genetec IP security solutions to:

Receive information and HD video at your fingertips from anywhere.

Efficiently spot and diffuse incidents by managing all your security systems from a single platform.

Upgrade and expand your security platform over time as your facilities expand and your needs evolve.

Recently, MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ) chose Genetec Omnicast, the video surveillance system of the unified security platform, Security Center, to protect its 82,500-seat stadium. The platform’s open architecture allows stadiums such as MetLife to select cameras with high-definition clarity. Operators can zoom into zones with megapixel cameras, to achieve panoramic views from the bowl, and capture it all at high frame rates (up to 30 fps). Omnicast helps operators to pinpoint and address trouble zones or threats before they escalate into something more.

Many stadiums, open spaces or cultural venues such as LeMay – America’s Car Museum are maximizing their investments, monitoring lines and crowds to improve service, dealing with after-hour deliveries and onsite disputes of events. IP or cloud-based video systems can also provide another way to remotely view events or exhibits. An example of this is the Panda Cam at the Smithsonian in Washington DC.

System Unification Leads to Improved Response Efficiency

As indicated in a recent blog on museum security, strategy number one in safeguarding million dollar assets was the use of motion detection and trip wire analytics. It’s not just museums, stadiums such as Melbourne Cricket Ground are also merging video with access control, and other systems like:

Synergis is an open solution, meaning this IP access control system doesn’t lock you into any proprietary hardware. More mass venues are making a move away from a closed system and embracing the many cost-saving benefits of Synergis:

Synergis helps you to easily manage thousands of temporary and permanent employees that work in your venue or stadium. Every badge-to-reader scan provides you with the cardholder’s picture and credentials which is synchronized with video. With Synergis, handling access control events is simplified:

Access-denied alarms prompt video verification or zone lockdowns.

Intercom integration with video at the door facilitates two-way audio.

One-click functionality enables locking the door from a desktop or mobile phone or alerts ground personnel.

Simplify Cardholder Enrollment and Maintenance

Synergis also lets you simplify the cardholder enrollment process with Active Directory Integration to manage user groups and their access privileges. Very granular privileges and rules can be set up to ensure access to your VIP or more sensitive areas are restricted to only those you allow. Automating daily reports improves record keeping and helps you to see who is coming and going from your most sensitive areas.

As each vehicle comes onto your venue grounds, the AutoVu Sharp ALPR cameras will scan license plates and alert you to vehicle license plates in your database. (Suggested read: ANPR with Intelligence) AutoVu also records a log with the license plate number, image of the vehicle, time and date stamp and associated video in the system.

According to Paul Austin, Director at Vindex Systems, "The West Midlands Police receives all the number plate reads to their police control room and uses the system to check against hotlists for wanted criminals, stolen vehicles or for general investigations as part of a much wider ANPR network on the public roads and motorways."

5 Clear-Cut Advantages for Stadiums and Mass Venues

Security Center is the unified platform that helps you manage all your security and business systems. Security Center standardizes common security operations from multiple systems such as monitoring, reporting, alarm management and configuration, and makes all tasks easily accessible via a single intuitive application.